The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-09-01

success and perpetuation of which,
as I have before stated, I consider
essential to that welfare.
Mark the words! "Ihe good and
@nity Of the party and the s0ishes Of
| the Democratic constituencies should
be consulted and needed. I AM oppos-
ED TO THE PRESCRIPTION OF ANY PORTION
OF THE PARTY"
Further on in his speech where
General Nichols begins review of
the history of the perilous events
amid which his administration was
inaugurated in 1877, he describes the
taking Of the Supreme Court room
and the installation in their proper
places of Manning and MARI and
Egan and DeBlanc and Spencer as
Judges of Louisiana's highest Court,
in the following language:
The first act which I did as Cover
nor was to appoint and have confirm
ed Judges of the Supreme Court, so
as to complete the three departments
of the government, Legislative, Ex-
ecutive and Judicial. I saw, and had
seen long prior to my Inauguration,
that possession of the Supreme Court
building and the records was essen
tial to the success of our cause-an
absolute necessity in my opinion
and I was determined to take the
aggressive and offensive and capture
that building, let the results Of so
doing be what they might. Accord
| ingly, on the morning of the eth of
January, 1877, the White League,
with Gen. Ogden in command, moved
down under my orders to attack any
force which might seek to resist the
installing of our Judges.
The number of men under arms was
SO large and held SO well in hand, and
their intention to fight, if necessary,
so well known and appreciated by
reason of the action of the same body
of men on the 14th of September,
| 1874, that the force at the Court
/ building surrendered withouta blow,
and before night Packard's entire
territory was confined to within the
interior of the Statehouse building
! In the flush of the successful tax
ing of the Courthouse tremendous
pressure was brought to bear upon
me to attack and take possession of
the Statehouse. This would have
been easy Of accomplishment, but it
would have carried with it beyond
question collision with the forces of
the United States. However much
we would have tried to avoid such
collision, had it occurred, all ques-
ton or right would have utterly dis
appeared in the cry, which would
have instantly been raised all over
the North, of an attack upon the
American flag, and it would unques-
tionably have brought the whole
power of the Federal Government
to bear at once in favor of Packard.
To such of you men as during four
years tested the full strength of that
power, it is needless for ME to por-
tray the situation which lay before us
at that momentous period of our State
history, and which was happily bridg-
ed over. Independently of the ques-
ton of collision, there were reasons
of a political character which would
have made 1t impossible, had we TAX
en- the Statehouse, for Grant not to
; interfere in our State struggle, how
ever much he may have despised, as
, in reality he did despise, the scoun-
drels who were then seeking to de.
prive the people of Louisiana of their
liberties.
It is now conceded that the act
thus described by the CHER actor in
it, was the pivot upon which turned
the fortunes of our people. Its &C
complishmeht required an exhibition,
and exercise of all the Hottest and
noblest qualities of man bravery,
tact, wisdom, craftsmanship and we
might add, almost prescience.
. Where is the Democrat, or the
; white man in the State, who can think
of the tramp, tramp, of that White
League, headed by Nichols and Og'
den, on it's steedy march along the
streets of the Crescent City, and not
feel the blood tingling in his cheeks
and coursing more rapidly through
his veins
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